Police officer breaks back after clinging to car roof of suspect fleeing traffic stop
Telegraph, 19 May 2023
A police officer in Iowa was left clinging to the roof of a car, swaying from side to side, as he tried to stop a suspect from fleeing.
Patrick McCarty suffered a broken back when the car took a series of sharp turns on dirt road and eventually threw him off.
McCarty was trying to force Dennis Guider Jr out of the vehicle after he pulled him over and informed him there was a warrant out for his arrest in Illinois.
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Patrick McCarty suffered a broken back when the car took a series of sharp turns on dirt road and eventually threw him off.
McCarty was trying to force Dennis Guider Jr out of the vehicle after he pulled him over and informed him there was a warrant out for his arrest in Illinois.
#police #crime #arrest
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